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The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the position. There had been 17 direct presidential elections in history: 1935, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1981, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022. When referring to "presidential elections", these 17 are usually the ones being referred to.
Six candidates ran for president, four of whom got nine votes nationwide together. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president.
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On the 4th of July, 1946, an independent Philippines was born. It became the successor to the U.S. under the treaties of 1930. On July 15, 1946, the United Kingdom annexed the State of North Borneo and, in the view of the United Kingdom, became the sovereign power with respect to what had been the State of North Borneo. [14]
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Elections for positions in the Executive Department of the Philippine government (i.e. Presidents and Vice Presidents) is regulated by Article VII, Section 4 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Terms for positions with the Executive Department run for 6 years; with Presidents only allowed to serve 1 term of service, and Vice Presidents with 2 term...
Senate elections
The Senate has 24 members, and 12 members are elected every election; hence, each voter is entitled to twelve votes for the Senate in every election. The voter may not complete the twelve votes for the Senate, but s/he must not surpass the twelve votes or else his/her ballot for that position will be nullified. With the entire country as one at-large district, the twelve candidates with the most votes are elected. This is often not proportionalto the results. From 1951 to 1971, instead of 12...
House of Representatives elections
Each voter has two votes in the House of Representatives, via parallel vote: 80% of seats are from single-member districts, and 20% are from the party-listsystem. The vote totals in either election do not influence the number of seats a party wins. A party usually is barred from joining both elections unless granted permission by the Commission on Elections. A voter may vote a representative from the congressional district of residence. Each district has one seat. The candidate with the highe...
Synchronized with the national elections are the local elections. The voter may vote for any of the following: 1. Provincial-level: 1.1. One governor 1.2. One vice governor 1.3. One to seven Sangguniang Panlalawiganmembers (provincial board) 2. City- or municipal-level: 2.1. One mayor 2.2. One vice mayor 2.3. Four to twelve Sangguniang Panlungsod/S...
Recall elections
Elected local government officials may be recalled. A recall election may be called if there is a petition of at least 25% of the registered voters in that LGU. An amendment to the law where a majority of all members of a preparatory recall assembly, composed of all elected local officials within a local government unit (LGU), endorse a recall, was repealed. The recalled official is not allowed to resign when facing a recall election, but may participate in it; the candidate with the highest...
Special elections
The term "special election" in the Philippines may mean either of the following: 1. An election that was supposedly held with the general election but was delayed; 2. An election to elect a new official after the predecessor left office (known as "by-elections" elsewhere) Members of the House of Representatives and of unaffiliated members of the upcoming Bangsamoro Parliamentcan be elected under the second type of special election whenever the predecessor leaves office, except when the next r...
Indirect elections
The barangay and SK chairmen, and the city and municipal councilors have a series of indirect elections among themselves to determine their representatives of the local legislature immediately above their level. The barangay SK chairpersons in a city or municipality elect among themselves a president that will sit as an ex officio member of the city or municipal council. The city (if applicable) and municipal SK presidents then elect among themselves a president that will sit in the provincia...
Referendums and plebiscites are conducted to pass certain laws. Any amendments or revision to the constitution, merging, creation and abolition of local government units and autonomous regions and the like are validated via plebiscites. For a referendum and plebiscite to pass, the votes in favor must be greater in number than those which are oppose...
visible in the Philippines during the course of the election campaign of 1961. That campaign culminated in the election of Diosdado Macapagal, the presidential nominee of the Liberal Party. The out-come of the election was especially notable in that the Liberals had not won an election since their victory in 1949, and had been in the
Politics of the Philippines. The 1965 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 9, 1965. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as president of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos.
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